Politics

Construct

Chill Annoying, Politics

Does anyone think the newly-elected Dems are going to do anything useful or constructive? I sure do not.

Mainly, they will do what the Republicans have done, just in a different guise: harm the US, themselves, and probably the rest of the world too. It’s only good they were not around when AI came to the fore as strangling that in the crib would have been very bad news for the country.

The Dems will flail around for a few years, then probably Ron DeSantis will be president due to their failures.

Buildout

Chill Political Economy, Politics

If I seized power as absolute ruler of the US, after throwing the worst people out of helicopters over Somalia of course, I’d have us go on a building spree so madly profligate we’d all be deaf from construction noises.

We’d have so many trains, transmission lines, nuclear reactors, solar power installations, airports, data centers, factories and research centers that China would look like absolute slackers.

Try me.

No Money, Still Problems

Chill Politics

In the election I basically voted against anything that gives the California government more money as it’s an incredibly poorly-governed state that wastes vast amounts of funds.

That means I did vote against Proposition 40, the “billionaire tax.” Mostly because it gives California more money1, but also because it is badly designed by people who do not understand how incentives work, nor how it could’ve been made into a win/win proposition.

Though we do like it here and have no current plans to move, if we’d realized how terribly California is governed I’m not sure we’d have done it. It’s just abysmally bad.

  1. It’s just as likely that California will lose out on tax revenue.

Oath

Chill Politics

Ronald Reagan being sworn in the first time as President.

I think I have dim memories of Jimmy Carter losing, but those could be false/ghost memories. However, I definitely remember Ronnie taking the oath in January 1981.

No Try

Chill Culture, Politics

This is true, but conservatism is equally stuck. There are no New Minds on the horizon. Neither party nor any other organization in contemporary American or European society has a worthwhile or suasive methodology for handling or even comprehending the problems and opportunities of the present, much less the future. It doesn’t appear anyone is even trying from what I can tell.

And we will pay a very high price for that.

Call Att

Chill Annoying, Clowns, Politics

Bold strategy. Don’t think that one is gonna work for them. Liberal cities and states are the worst governed, unfortunately. LA can’t even build houses where houses used to be that were lost in a tragic fire. It’s reprehensible.

Instinct Stink

Chill Politics

Trump’s political instincts in halting immigration from all Islamic countries during his first term were absolutely correct. Unfortunately, as is often the case with Trump, the implementation was bad. But the goal was right and good.

You Ran

Chill Clowns, Politics, War

Declaring that America “lost” because a dude you don’t like is in political power is pretty weak and pitiful, as well as intellectually bankrupt.

The US achieved its objectives in the Iran war. Israel achieved some of theirs (which were not the same as the US goals). This is and would be true no matter who is president.